Beaded welting



Dec. 18, 19.28.

1,695,968 H. LYON BEADED WELTING Filed Oct. '7, 1925 Zwewr: 67W farmWMZQM Patented Dec. 18, 1928. l n

UNITED STATES 1,695,968 PATENT oEFicE.

HARRY LYON, or Hom-moon, MAssAcnU-snrrs, AssIeNon To rnnLEY n.Terranova,

.- or QUINcY, MASSACHUSETTS.

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appucwpn mea amber 7, 192s. serial" Nq. 61,0641.l

(This: invention relates toA welting for I shoes of that type in which abead or'ribprojects from the iuppe'r face of the welt strip in ositionto closely-engage the shoe` upper. ccordin'g. to the'present inventionthis bead is preferably made separate from the body .of the weltmaterial and i's so fixed' thereto as toprevent-separation and to imparta pleasing ornamental effect.V More 1() particularly the bead member isstitched to the welt strip by loops 'ofstitching passing over thebeadwhich may, if desired, be so tensioned as'to'l give a highl lornamental corded appearance to the bea v For a more completeVunderstanding of this invention, reference maybe had to the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1- is a sectional perspective -of a blank-weltstrip.' 2o Figure 2 is a -similar'viewv showing theStrippreparedtoreceive the bead.

Figures 3 and 4 are similar views showing? one manner of forming thebead. igure- 5 is a similar view showing a piece of the completedwelting.

Figures 6- and 7 are fra mentary plan views villustrating differentvorms of bead attaching strands.

Figure 8 shows in perspective another' manner of forming the beadmember,

substantially triangular cross section as at 4 is provided with anextension 5 alongl one face, this extension 5' when formed of leatherbeing of grain stock and forming a `continuation of the adjacent face 6.This ortion 5 is then bent downwardl and nxed to the face 7 of the stripto orm a substantiall triangular bead having its faces 6 an 8 presentinggrain stock as shown in Figure 4. This bead is then lthe stitching loopsthen bulgin toits` normal cross section, as s own at 12, l

, Figures 9 and 10 show in perspective and 4. Referring to these figuresav strip of placed in position along the upper lf ace of lthe basevstrip outsidethein'seam' stitch line defined bythe groove 2, asshownin-"Figf ure 5, and is-made fast imposition thereon l `by fasteningslextending over the bead and 60 passing through the base strip onopposite sides of the bead, also outside .the mseam stitch line. Thus.the formation of the 4in# -seam will not breakthe bead fastening.

As' shown in Figure 5 these fasten'ingsy may comprise strands ofstitching material 10. If thesestrands are drawn tightly they maycompress the material of the bead where they pass thereover as shown at11 in Fi res6 and 7, the material between 70H outwardly this giving acorded appearance tothe bead which gives a highly ornamentaleiect. InFigure 6 the strand material is shown of I5 comparatively smalldiameter,thus present-l ing one appearance .while in Figure 7 it isshown as fiat strands 15 of' considerable width such as tape which, ascan clearly be seen from a comparison of these figures, imparts asomewhat different` ornamental effect to the welt. In place -of formingthe bead. fromone piece of grain stock, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, itma be formed by enclosing a core v of any suita le material and of thedesired cross section, as shown at 20 in Fi re 8, with the -desiredsurfacing materlal 21. This may, if desired, be a surfacin of iesh stockcut from welt or sole materlal2 or it 90 may be of upper stockl eithermatching or contrasting in appearance with the upper material of theshoe in which ,this welt is i intended to be used. This bead formed bywrapping the core strip in a `surfacing material may then be fixed totheupper'face-of the base strip byA lines of stitching similarly to thatshown in Figure 4 to present the construction shown in Figure 9.

If desired the upper face of the base strip in which the lower face ofthe core strip may rest. i

If desired, of course, the bead could be formed up integrally with thebase strip, as disclosed and claimed, for example, in my United StatesPatent No. v1,656,564, dated January 17, 1928, for.vvelt and method ofmaking the same, in which case, of course, the stitching would ,be usedentirely for its ornamental eil'ect.

Having thus described certain embodiments of this invention, it-shouldbe evident to those skilled in the art that various changes andmodifications might be made therein without departing from its spirit orscope as defined by the appended claims.

l claim:

v l. Welting comprising a base strip, and a bead fixed to one face andparallel to one edge of the base strip by a continuous strand fasteninglaced over said bead.l A

2. A Welt comprising a leather base strip, and a bead strip formed topresent grain surface throughout its exposed portion fixed to the upperface of said base strip by fas tenings passing' thereover.

3. VVelting comprising a base strip, and a bead of compressiblemateriall sewed to one tace and parallel to one edge of said strip bystitching the `loops ot which are connected and extend laterally oversaid bead in zig-zag form and are sunk into the material thereof.

4. A Welt comprising a base strip of leather, a bead formed of a coreoverlaid -with leather presenting the grain surface,

leather, a bead formed of a core overlaid with leather presenting thegrain surface, and means for fixing said bead to the upper face of saidbase strip comprising strand material extending laterally over said beadand through said strip, said strip having its upper face cut away toform a seat to re' ceive said bead.

6. Welting comprising a base strip, and a bead on one facethereof, saidbead being ornamented by strand material extending laterally over saidbead.

7, ln a beaded Welt a solid bead of substantially triangularcross-section consisting of an uncovered strip of grain leatherpresenting a grain surface on'two of its three sides.

8. A beaded Welt comprising a basestrip, a separate bead member alongone face thereof outside the inseam stitch line, and stitchingenveloping the bead and passing through the base, also outside theinseem stitch line, for securing the bead in place.

ln testimony whereof have axed my signature.

HARRY LYON.

